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Covering Local News, Weather and Sports in Wilmington, NCFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:38:55 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.199503049Warrant: North Carolina teen girls extorted for nude photoshttp://www.wwaytv3.com/2015/11/05/warrant-north-carolina-teen-girls-extorted-for-nude-photos/
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2015/11/05/warrant-north-carolina-teen-girls-extorted-for-nude-photos/#respondThu, 05 Nov 2015 12:58:39 +0000http:wway.wcbi.com/?p=247931Warrants show more than a dozen teen girls at a North Carolina high school have been extorted for nude photos.]]>

CORNELIUS, NC (AP) — Warrants show more than a dozen teen girls at a North Carolina high school have been extorted for nude photos.

Multiple media outlets reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are trying to find out who tried to extort more nude photos from the victims, all students at Hough High School in Cornelius.

The investigation says at least 16 teens ranging in age from 14 to 18 have been targeted.

The warrant says the person sent a picture directly to each victim using photos the girls had taken of themselves and threatened to post the photos on websites unless the girls sent more pictures.

Another investigation began in February after police said dozens of nude photos of Charlotte-area teen girls began circulating on a website.

Police said the pictures were all voluntarily made.

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Sterling Elwood Hinson, 68, of the 1300 block of Hickory Hill Road, was charged Friday with extortion on a warrant obtained by the State Bureau of Investigation, Assistant District Attorney Chris Gentry said Tuesday.

Hinson is accused of contacting R. Mitchel Tyler, the trial court administrator, "by letter and telephone and threatening to reveal information unknown to the victim," the warrant said.

Hinson sought $300,000 in the extortion attempt, the warrant said. It showed an offense date of Sept. 18.

]]>http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/10/09/chadbourn-man-charged-extortion-case-involving-columbus-co-court-official/feed/247921Leland woman arrested for faking her own abductionhttp://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/06/05/leland-woman-arrested-for-faking-her-own-abduction/
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/06/05/leland-woman-arrested-for-faking-her-own-abduction/#commentsWed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000LELAND, NC (WWAY) — A Leland woman is in jail for making up her own abduction.

Leland Police received a report Saturday that Ashley Hutchins had been abducted and was being held for an undisclosed ransom. Hutchins was found Sunday in Winnabow during a collaborative investigation between the Leland Police, FBI and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.

After investigators questioned her, Hutchins revealed that she had fabricated her own abduction.

Hutchins is charged with extortion. She is in the Brunswick County Jail under a $250,000 bond.